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Full-time enrollment requirements

F-1/J-1 students

Full-time enrollment for fall and spring semester is determined as:

All students are expected to maintain the minimum credits required in order to maintain their immigration status.

  • Hybrid and ASU Immersion courses are considered as in-person courses. 
  • ASU Sync and iCourses are considered virtual courses and do not count toward the in-person enrollment requirements.

In-person credits are required throughout the entire semester.  

 

Full-time enrollment for fall and spring semester is determined as:

Academic level Minimum credits required Minimum in-person credits*
Undergraduate student 12 credit hours 9 credit hours
Graduate student 9 credit hours 6 credit hours
Graduate student with an assistantship (TA, RA or GSA) 6 credit hours 3 credit hours

 

Students are required to reside in the Phoenix area in order to maintain a physical presence. As a reminder, USCIS regulations state that F-1 and J-1 students must update their local U.S. or SEVIS address within 10 days of moving. If you need to update your addresses, please do so on My ASU.

Enrolling in an iCourse may not be permitted or may be limited by some government-sponsored programs. If you are a government-sponsored student, make sure that have approval from your sponsor to take iCourses or ASU Sync classes before registering.

Acceptable enrollment session combinations

Each semester, ASU offers courses in:

  • Session A (first session)

  • Session B (second session)

  • Session C (full semester)

  • Dynamic date (DYN)

In-person credits are required throughout the entire semester.

How to maintain full-time enrollment

  • Enroll full-time by the first day of the semester.

    • If you will be taking session B courses as part of your full-time enrollment, you must register for the session B courses before the first day of the semester (not the first day of the session). 

  • Audited courses do not count toward full-time enrollment requirements.

  • If needed, swap courses instead of dropping and adding to avoid falling below full-time enrollment.

Summer full-time enrollment

If you start your degree program at ASU in the summer semester or return to ASU on an initial or transfer-pending I-20 for the summer semester, you must meet full-time enrollment requirements by the start of the summer semester. 

You must be enrolled in in-person credits throughout the entire summer semester.  You may enroll in Session A and Session B courses or Session C courses.

Please note: If summer is your final semester in your degree program, you cannot be enrolled in only online classes. In-person enrollment and on-campus presence is required. 

If you are a continuing student, these enrollment requirements for summer do not apply. 

Full-time enrollment for summer semester is determined as*:

Academic level Minimum credits required Minimum in-person credits
Undergraduate student 4 credit hours 4 credit hours
Graduate student 3 credit hours 3 credit hours
Graduate student with an assistantship (TA or RA) 2 credit hours 2 credit hours